Delaney Hall
Senior Editor, 99% Invisible · Host of Service Request
Delaney Hall is the senior editor of 99% Invisible, a hit podcast about architecture, design, and the built world.
She is the host of Service Request, a regular series exploring the vast and hidden machinery of modern life. Basically, all the infrastructure that no one really thinks about… until something goes wrong.
Delaney also works with freelance contributors, helps shape the editorial direction of the show, and manages the production of 99pi series like Not Built for This.
Before joining 99pi nearly a decade ago, she helped launch Reveal, an investigative radio show and podcast. She also worked with NPR’s State of the Re:Union. At the beginning of her career, she was a key member of the Third Coast International Audio Festival, based at Chicago Public Radio.
Delaney has won a Peabody Award, an Emmy Award for New Approaches in News, a National Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Signal Award. She’s spoken about the art and craft of radio at the Tribeca Festival, the Third Coast International Audio Festival, and Pixar Studios.
She’s a graduate of the University of Texas and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Featured episode
Service Request, Episode 1
What Happens When I Call 311?
The first episode of Service Request digs into the history of New York City’s 311 line and follows what happens when you call it with a question or a complaint.
Listen on 99percentinvisible.org →